Transfer news LIVE updates: Mourinho’s four requests, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea latest

Transfer news LIVE updates: Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea latest – and more Saturday November 11 Atletico eye Alonso 09:40: Atletico Madrid are preparing to launch a surprise raid for left-back Marcus Alonso in January. Spanish publication El Gol Digial reports that Atletico are keen on taking the wing-back to his hometown of Madrid. It […]

Team Xbox dishes on the new One X, fields our ridiculous requests

(video link) REDMOND, Wash.—Ahead of Xbox One X‘s November 7 launch, Ars Technica was invited to hang out at the company’s Xbox campus and chat with one of the console’s leading managers. With this opportunity in mind, we grabbed a camera crew and asked as many questions of Kevin Gammill, the Xbox division’s “core platform […]

Ukraine wants to question Paul Manafort — but says requests to the US have gone unanswered

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Ukrainian prosecutors intend to ask the US Justice Department for permission to interview Paul Manafort. Manafort has not been charged with a crime in Ukraine and is wanted to testify in a corruption case targeting a former justice minister. Prosecutors accuse Oleksandr Lavrynovych of illegally funneling more than $ 1.1 million in […]

France requests more US troops to fight ISIS in West Africa

The US must step up support for French troops fighting Islamic State in West Africa, the French defense minister said during a visit to Washington, even as US officials sparred over the ambush in Niger that left four US service members dead. “Much more needs to be done,” Defense Minister Florence Parly said after a […]

Google received a record breaking number of government data requests (GOOG, GOOGL)

Google released its biannual transparency report on Thursday, revealing that it received 48,941  government data requests affecting 83,345 user accounts in the first six months of 2017. As you can see in this chart from Statista, this is a record breaking number of data requests in a six month period. The United States issued 16,823 of […]

‘I want somebody to pay attention’: Do-not-resuscitate requests rarely tracked in Canada

An unknown number of Canadians have completed a do-not-resuscitate form, asking that they not be revived if they are critical injured or ill. But across Canada, there is no assurance their wishes will be followed or even properly recorded. CBC | Health News

American Airlines passenger requests lobster roll on a flight – gets THIS

American travel blogger Ben Schlapping was travelling from LA to New York with American Airlines when he made the request. Asking for a lobster roll with sweet potato chips, he initially thought it sounded like a delicious food choice. What he received instead was an ominous looking piece of bread with some orange mush on […]

N. Korea crisis spurs surge in global missile defense requests to Lockheed Martin

Published time: 9 Aug, 2017 03:04 The Pentagon’s top weapons supplier, Lockheed Martin, says that customers’ requests for missile defense systems are rising, and North Korea’s continued threats as well as the US reaction may be responsible. Acquiring missile defense systems is at the top of some countries’ to-do list, as interest has risen over […]

Appeals court OKs secrecy of FBI national security data requests

Enlarge (credit: Saul Gravy, Getty Images) A federal appeals court is giving the Federal Bureau of Investigation a big boost when it comes to secretly investigating national security affairs. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld federal rules prohibiting companies from promptly disclosing to customers that the FBI is demanding a user’s […]

EFF rates how companies stand up to government data requests

If you’re wondering which tech company will protect you in the face of a government request, you may want to check this out. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released this year’s “Who Has Your Back” report, which grades tech giants and some smaller companies based on how they handle government requests for data. Nine companies […]